LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Jzsa Katinka

School: coala Gimnazial Gyulaffy Lszl Cehu Silvaniei
Date: 26th February, 2015
Grade: 4th A
No. students: 15
Title of the lesson:

Whats the weather like?

AIMS OF LESSON:
General objective : to develop and practice the productive skills (speaking)
and the receptive skills (listening, reading, writing)
Specific objectives:
-

to review and improve the Ss vocabulary range;

to introduce and practice new words to describe weather;
to activate the Ss knowledge of the world and of the language;
to encourage Ss to communicate freely and spontaneously during the
activities;
- to develop Ss speaking and writing competences.
AIDS/MATERIALS:
-

textbook
notebook
exercise books
flashcards for all weather items
pictures
video projector

MODES OF INTERACTION: S-Ss, T-Ss.

No

Procedure

Stages of
lesson
Teachers activity

1a. Warm-up

Objective

Time/
Interactio

Learners activity

- T asks Ss questions about - Ss answer the question, - to create a

pleasant
how they feel, then checks present homework
atmosphere and
homework and makes error
to relax the Ss
corrections, if any.

6
T Ss

- T gets into the topic by

asking Ss to look at the date - Ss say the date and the
and revise orally the days of days of the week and the - to check if they
the week and the months of months of the year
know and use
the year.
correctly
the
previously
- T then tries to get Ss talk
taught materials.
about seasons. - T asks Ss - Ss talk about their
what season they like best favourite season, explain
and see if anyone can why do they like.
explain why. T has Ss to
- Ss write the unknown
briefly compare and contrast
words in their notebooks.
the four seasons and tries to
elicit
weather
related
vocabulary. If any useful
vocabulary words come up,
T writes them on the
blackboard.
2.
Presentation

- T introduces weather
related vocabulary using a
weather PPT and handouts.
- T drills new words using
choral and individual
repetition. - T highlights the
appropriate formulae and
expressions usually used to
describe weather and writes

Ss write the weather

related words and phrases in
their notebooks. T then
mentions the two scales
used
to
measure
temperature: Celsius and
Fahrenheit and explains that
in the UK temperatures are

- To check Ss
understanding
and knowledge
of the
vocabulary and
grammar.

15
T Ss

3.

Practice

them on the blackboard,

then explains the meaning
of weather symbols. T also
mentions the fact that in
Britain the weather is a very
popular topic and usually a
good way to start a
conversation.

often given in both forms.

-T has Ss revise weather

symbols and work in groups
on a drawing exercise (Bb).
Each group must choose a
member to report back to
the class.

- Ss follow Ts instructions - to check Ss

and work in the groups, then knowledge and
represent their work.
improve
their
matching
abilities.

Group
work

-T makes error corrections

and provides additional
explanations, where
necessary.
- T gives Ss handouts for
vocabulary practice and
asks them to work in pairs
and match weather phrases
with the corresponding
pictures.
4.

5.

Production

Follow-Up

- T has Ss work in groups

and gives each group a
picture representing a
season.
- T explains that each group
must write a few sentences
about that season and
describe the typical weather
conditions for that specific
season.

15

- Ss solve exercises on the

handouts in pairs.

Pair work
- Ss write the sentences

T invites Ss to play an
- Ss play the game
online game : Weather
Report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo
ls
/barnabybear/games/weather

- to improve Ss
writing skills

10
T Ss
Indiv.
work
2
T Ss

- to improve Ss
listening
skill
and identifying
abilities.

6.

Homework
assignment

_report.shtml
- T explains task

- Ss note the homework